President Donald Trump made a late bid to swing the New York City mayoral race, urging voters to back Andrew Cuomo in an effort to block Zohran Mamdani, a frequent target of the president's ire.
Cuomo is long-time Democrat and former governor of New York who is now running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, a democratic socialist who leads in the polls.
"I would much rather see a Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN" than Mamdani, Trump wrote on social media, adding: "Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!"
Trump's comments are his most enthusiastic so far for Cuomo, whom he grudgingly suggested would be a better choice than Mamdani in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired Nov. 2.
"I'm not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other," Trump said, while adding he would prefer a "bad Democrat" to Mamdani, a state assemblyman who has pledged to stand up to the president.
